U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tells NPR that efforts to end the war in Afghanistan must be accompanied by a plan to reintegrate Taliban fighters, though she acknowledges that approach won't work with the group's top leadership.
She says the evolving reconciliation process "will be a little like jazz ... you can't lay it out completely."
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